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Lue Shuai surrendered Xihe Road, which undoubtedly handed over Xihe Road to Xixia.

"As long as our army takes Xihe Road, the land of Hehuang will be at your fingertips!" Wei Ming Anhui said excitedly, as if Xixia had already occupied Xihe Road and the land of Hehuang.

Brother Li Cha on the side was lost in thought, Song Jun is really so vulnerable?

He has fought against Song Jun, and Song Jun has no shortage of capable fighters.

Li Qianshun said: "Do you want to send a letter of credence to Bianjing to question the crime now?"

"Yes!" Wei Ming Anhui immediately said again, "Now that we have an absolute advantage, we can issue a criminal statement!"

By the way, Li Gan asked people to start drafting a letter of inquiry.

"By the way, how is Li Liangfu's battle going?"

"Still attacking Lanzhou."

"Still in Lanzhou!" Li Qianshun lost his composure immediately, "After 20 days of fighting, he is still in Lanzhou! Didn't you say that he won it within a few days?"

Wei Ming Anhui quickly explained: "Your Majesty, the city wall of Lanzhou is strong, and it is not so easy to attack!"

"But you told me that you could take Lanzhou in three days, and then go south! You are still in Lanzhou for 20 days, why didn't you tell me before?"

Faced with Li Qianshun's questioning, Wei Ming Anhui's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he quickly said: "Your Majesty, since Wang Yi is willing to surrender, then Xihe Road is not a problem. Lanzhou is isolated and helpless, and it will only be a matter of time before our army takes it! "

Only then did Li Qianshun calm down some of his anger, and said: "Make sure Wang Yi surrenders as soon as possible, so as not to change!"

"Yes, I will send a secret letter to Li Liangfu!"

Wei Ming Anhui continued: "By the way, Your Majesty, the Song envoy can also be arrested!"

Li Qianshun hesitated for a moment, and said, "Let's take care of it for now."

On this day, Sun Fu was placed under house arrest.

Only then did Sun Fu know that Xixia had secretly dispatched troops, and he scolded Xixia at the embassy: "Shameless barbarians! Shameless barbarians! Wait for the emperor's army to attack you!"

It is said that Li Liangfu besieged Lanzhou City for nearly [-] days, but he insisted on not gnawing down the city.

But he received a secret letter sent by Wang Yi.

On this day, Wang Yi had led an army close to Lanzhou.

Wang Yi sent Xu Chongyan and someone to meet Li Liangfu in secret.

He first introduced himself, and then explained why Wang Yi was willing to surrender.

Li Liangfu said: "How to make sure it's not a false surrender?"

"Our Wang Shuai is willing to bring a group of people to disarm and come to see Li Shuai in person."

"Aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"

"Wang Shuai knows the military situation of Xihe Road, and he also knows the internal situation of the Song Dynasty. If the Lord of Xixia can get our help, let alone Xihe Road, it will be so difficult to take Shaanxi. Most of the credit will be due to you, Li. handsome!"

Only then did Li Liangfu's expression soften, he laughed and said, "Okay! I will trust you just once!"

On the afternoon of February [-]th, Jingzhao Mansion.

Zhang Jun received information from Li Yanxian in Xi'an Prefecture thousands of miles away.

After reading the information, Zhang Jun hurriedly called a meeting.

"I originally thought that the West Bandit would leave Huanqing Road from Hengshan, or go south from Weizhou to Jingyuan, and the West Bandit would go south to Xihe Road. Everything was beyond my expectation!"

Lu Zhi said: "Mr. Zhang, the West Thieves obviously want to go to Xihe and Huangshui, but it is not ruled out that the West Thieves will send troops here first, and then the army will go south from Hengshan!"

"Who is the general of the Dingbian army?"

"It's Li Yongqi, this man is brave and good at fighting, with him around, there is nothing to worry about setting up the frontier army."

"Do you think we should support Xihe Road now?"

"There is no trend in the current situation, but Jingyuan Road, Huanqing Road, and Yanyan Road should be notified to guard the border."

"Xihe Road is located in the west border, and has been supported by the mainland. This commander is worried that after this winter, Xihe Road's strength will be damaged."

Naxihe Road was built by Wang Shao in the Shenzong era. Xizhou and Taozhou were all Qingtang Qiang people, some nomadic and some farming, but it was not until the Song Huizong era that the turmoil there was completely summarized.

Generally speaking, it is a money-burning place, and the taxes generated are not enough to supply it, and blood transfusions from other places in Shaanxi are needed.

It was early spring again at this time, and the ice and snow in the northwest had not yet melted. It was the time when Xihe Road was at its weakest.

Zhang Jun's concerns are also justified.

Everyone discussed for a while, but did not decide on a specific result. Zhang Jun said: "First inform Li Yongqi on Jingyuan Road, Liu Qi on Yanyan Road, and Wu Lin on Huanqing Road. Keep an eye on the movements of the thieves!"

"Yes!"

Zhang Jun immediately began to write a memorial to the capital, reporting the incident of the western thieves entering the border.

On February [-]th, Li Yanxian in Xi'an Prefecture received another report from the scouts.

Wang Yi finally sent troops.

But this made Li Yanxian very confused. He sent someone to inform Wang Yi 20 days ago, but why did Wang Yi not send troops until now?

Lanzhou is an important gateway to the north, and Wang Yi knows it better than anyone else.

This incident made Li Yanxian aware that the situation was very strange.

Chapter 357 Aid to Lanzhou (Part [-])

In the past, Fan Zhongyan put forward the strategy of "encroaching step by step", and the Song Dynasty also implemented this strategy well in the Northwest.

By the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, there were a total of 493 large and small camps and fortresses in the Northwest, interweaving the thousands of miles across the Northwest into a dense network.

Form a flexible strategic depth that can gather troops to go north when attacking Xixia, and support each other when defending.

This also confirms a very powerful place in the Song Dynasty: great infrastructure!

Every time the Great Song Dynasty encroached on a piece of land in Xixia, it would build a number of fortresses and fortresses there.

Let’s say that the Xi’an prefecture occupied by Li Yanxian used to be the territory of Xixia. Xixia set up a military division in Xi’an prefecture, and there is also a salt pond in this place.

There are seven Xixia Palaces in Tiandu Mountain near Xi'an Prefecture.

Every time the Xixia army goes south, they will stop at Tiandu Mountain to replenish food and grass.

This place was taken back from the Battle of Pingxia City during the Fourth Song-Xia War. It was against this background that Zhang Shuye proposed to set up Xi'an Prefecture in Tiandu Mountain.

Xi'an Prefecture is only more than [-] miles away from Tonghuibao on Xihe Road.

Then came the problem, Li Yanxian sent someone to Tonghuibao to inform the Xixia army going south, and the news from Tonghuibao was to wait for the order of Xizhou Economic Strategy Commander.

Tonghuibao is affiliated to Xi'an Prefecture, but because the original officials and generals in Xi'an Prefecture surrendered and died in battle, the attitude of Tonghuibao is conservative, and the new guards dare not make claims .

Okay, since you want to ask Xizhou for instructions, then ask Xizhou for instructions, and Li Yanxian will wait.

But 20 days later, Tonghuibao told him that there was no order from Xizhou, nor did they say that a new Xi'an prefecture would be appointed.

This made Li Yanxian feel even more strange.

The siege of Lanzhou City is related to the important issue of the frontier fortress, how can the commander-in-chief of Xihe Road remain indifferent?

Why, this is to move a small bench, arrange the melons, and be the crowd eating melons?

Some people follow the rules, but some people don't.

Liu He, the guard of Tonghuibao, is a well-behaved person. He will not mess around without seeing the official seal and signature of Xi'an Prefecture.

Xi'an Prefecture refused to sign the order, Xizhou could step down to give it, but he didn't see the signature and seal, so he stood still.

But it is obvious that Li Yanxian is not a person who abides by the rules.

It should be said that Li Yanxian is not a person bound by rules.

Or to be more precise, Li Yanxian is not a person who is afraid of taking responsibility afterwards.

On the evening of February 20th, Li Yanxian, who had been living in Xi'an Prefecture for [-] days, couldn't sit still anymore, so he immediately took people to Tonghuibao in person.

At noon on February [-]th, Li Yanxian entered Tonghuibao with several of his cronies and met Liu He.

Li Yanxian asked: "Is there no appointment in Xizhou?"

Liu He replied: "No."

"The situation is urgent, I can't wait for Xizhou's order now, put all your people under my command!"

Liu He obviously didn't intend to give Li Yanxian any face. He said in a very official tone: "Li Zhizhou, it's about the military and politics. Without orders from above, no one can mess up..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Li Yanxian lifted his collar and said, "Fucking orders from above! Now I suspect that Ren Dejing has colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country! In times of crisis, life and death, if you dare to be a mother-in-law, I will kill you!" "

Liu He was immediately frightened. After all, Li Yanxian is the magistrate of Huizhou, and his rank is several levels higher than him.

"Then... what do we do now?"

"How many do you have?"

"2000 people."

"Call them all!"

"Li Zhizhou, is this what you want?"

"Of course it's to help Lanzhou!"

"But there is no order from above..."

Li Yanxian drew out his knife and said: "When Lanzhou is broken, all the western thieves will go south, and the beacon fires on Xihe Road will be everywhere, I will be the first to cut you down!"

"Li Zhizhou, you have no right to kill me?"

"It doesn't matter. When the city of Lanzhou is destroyed, I will take people to fight to the death. Anyway, I will die. Before I die, I will chop you up and feed them to the dogs!"

Liu He was intimidated, and quickly said: "The final general is willing to work hard for Li Zhizhou!"

On February [-]th, the cavalry sent to Huizhou Zhengchuan Fort, Xinquanzhai, Huichuan City, Huairong Fort, and Shuiquan Fort to gather troops and horses returned.

Summoning the troops from various villages in Huizhou, plus the participating troops from Xi'an Prefecture, Li Yanxian can gather a total of 5000 people.

However, it is impossible for all of these 5000 people to follow him to support Lanzhou, and they have to stay in Huizhou City and Xi'an Prefecture City.

On February [-]th, Li Yanxian left Dangsong to garrison in Xi'an Zhouzhou City, blocking the way for the Xixia people to retreat.

He took his troops all the way to the west quickly.

On February 22, returning to the boundary of Huizhou, people from various villages gathered in Huichuan City.

This is all the vital forces of Huizhou and Xi'an Prefecture, and even the Xiang Army, the Fan Army, and the Tu Army have been summoned.

On this day, a large box and a small box of things were transported from Huizhou into Huichuan City, but I don't know what it is.

In the afternoon, Li Yanxian called all the horses.

The big and small boxes were piled up there like a hill.

"Do you know what's in this big box and small box?"

Everyone looked at him suspiciously.

"It contains green and white salt, tea, silk, dried meat, sheep, everything!"

When he said this, everyone was moved.

Huizhou is the place where Xixia and Song Dynasty traded each other. Li Yanxian now confiscated all the goods of the merchants as military supplies and rewards for the war.

This kind of behavior is definitely not allowed, but what time is it now, and he can't care so much.

Li Yanxian continued: "From now on, these things belong to you!"

As soon as he said this, everyone became even more excited.

"However, you have to come back after the battle to get it!"

One person said: "What if you can't come back?"

"I can't come back, I have someone send things to your house!"

Li Zhizhou's righteousness is as generous as Yuntian's, he is generous, and he keeps his promises. The soldiers and civilians of Huizhou still know this.

No one would dare to covet the pensions of the deceased in the Battle of Chang'an and the borders of Huizhou.

"If I, Li Yanxian, die in battle and Shao Long is in Huizhou, he will make proper arrangements!"

"If Shao Long dies in battle and Dang Song is in Xi'an Prefecture, he will make proper arrangements!"

"If we all die in battle! I trust the imperial court and will send someone to make proper arrangements!"